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never seen. Stem six or eight feet in heiglit, and three 

 feet in circumference ; leaves piimate, from three to six 

 feet long, erect, recurved towards the apex ; piimsja cordate- 

 lanceolate, blunt-pointed, very thick, about six inches in 

 length by one and a half in breadth, frequently with a 

 tooth upon the inferior margin. Whole plant destitute 

 of spines, and of a dark heavy green. Native of South 

 A&ica. 



E. Lelimamii.-rSteTn stout, two to three feet in circum- 

 ference ; whole plant very glaucous. Leaves pinnate, six 

 feet in length ; pinnse somewhat erect, five to seven inches 

 in length and about a fourth of an inch in width, tapering 

 to a point, and there armed with a short brown spine. 



B. villosus. — This is a very handsome plant. The 

 petioles and scales of the stem are clothed with a dense 

 tomentum ; leaves pinnate, from two to four feet in length, 

 tapering at the base and apex ; pinns from six to eight 

 inches in length, and one in breadth, tapering to a point, 

 ending in a sharp spine, the edges also distinctly armed ; 

 both surfaces bright green. Native of Natal. 



Eeasthemum. 



The genus to which we here direct attention is remark- 

 able for having many species with beautiful flowers ; the 

 plants here introduced are, however, of the most beautiful 

 of the dwarf-growing variegated-leaved plants which have 

 been introduced to our gardens. They should be grown 

 in peat, leaf mould, and sand, in about equal parts, and 

 may be increased by seeds, cuttings, or divisions. 



E. aureo reticulaium. — This reminds one very much of 

 the pretty Lonicera aureo reticulata, the veination being 

 precisely the same; leaves ovate, lanceolate, acuminate. 

 Native of the South Sea Islands. 



